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  • From: David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>
  • To: stealth AT sourcemage.org, dkowis AT sourcemage.org, jblosser AT sourcemage.org, sandalle AT sourcemage.org
  • Cc: ismael AT sourcemage.org, sm-discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>, lynxlynxlynx AT sourcemage.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] New grimoire proposal
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:45:02 -0600

On 01/14/2015 02:55 AM, Vlad Glagolev wrote:
> Hello, guys!
>
> Since our sm-discuss@ibiblio is a bit down, I'm writing the mail
> directly.
>
> Ismael suggested a new grimoire for unmaintained (but still alive on
> mirrors) spells.
>
> Here are some comments from IRC:
>
> ----
> [11:04'00] ismaell> Stealth: a new repo for a new grimoire to store
> unmaintained software
> [11:08'45] ismaell> Stealth: such grimoire can have an independent release
> cycle, or just be deemed experimental at all times
> [11:09'02] Stealth> I see
> [11:12'30] ismaell> Stealth: I want to move just explicitly abandoned
> projects, in principle, e.g. ctrlproxy
> [11:14'17] Stealth> well, abandoned projects can be resurrected again via
> forks or something
> [11:14'25] Stealth> why do we externally need such grimoire?
> [11:16'05] ismaell> if it's forked, we can replace it with the fork
> [11:16'11] ismaell> so it doesn't go to the blackhole
> [11:16'19] ismaell> but there are cases where that's not possible
> [11:16'24] ismaell> yet, the software is still interesting
> [11:16'38] ismaell> so we move it to another place where different rules
> apply
> [11:16'45] ismaell> like, patch it as much as you want, and stuff
> [11:17'11] ismaell> until someone, maybe, if we are lucky, decides to
> actually make a fork out of those patches
> [11:17'38] ismaell> also, we don't care anymore if it breaks
> [11:18'07] ismaell> so we can move forward, and have it patched later
> [11:18'51] ismaell> Stealth: I guess it makes more sense than to keep it on
> the main grimoire
> ----
>
> The proposed name is "dusty" (suggested by ruskie). If it's fine, I
> ask you to create a new grimoire repository and add it to tarball
> generation magic OR give me those needed rights.

I don't know why we cannot just leave things the way they are... It's
not like you cannot do any of these things with the test/stable grimoire
as it is...

What advantages do we get by making another repo and grimoire entirely?

>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Vlad Glagolev <stealth AT tiberian.ru>
>


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